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Disability, accessibility, personalisation, inclusion and ... · 08/11/2016 · 11 million below...
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Disability, accessibility, personalisation, inclusion and design
BCS Bedford November 2016
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Introduction
I am Peter Abrahams• Secretary of the Digital Accessibility Specialist Group• Member of the Best Practice Committee• 50 Years in IT• Last 10 in AccessibilityMy aim today• Introduce digital accessibility• Encourage you to promote it
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BCS Strategy
The BCS Strategy
“Making IT good for society ”David EvansDirector, Policy and Community, BCS
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Society
• Society must mean all of Society• BCS must include everyone• In particular we must include people with disabilities
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Digital Inclusion
Group
SocialInclusion- Race- Religion- Gender- Orientation- Age
TechnicalInclusion- Access to HW- Fast broadband- Training
DisabilityInclusion- Movement- Vision- Hearing- Cognition
InclusiveBCS
Inclusive Group
Inclusive Society
Inclusive Profession
Disability
Am I disabled?
Ability Spectrum
Non-Dis-
Less-Ave- Super-
Permanent Temporary
Situational
Why?
Moral – the right thing to do Financial – reaches everyone Legal – potential for court case Inclusive – better for everyone
Accessibility
Computing for
peoplewith
disabilities
Accessibility
Computing for
peoplewith
disabilities
AssistiveTechnology
Inclusive Design
Drop kerb a11y
UK Stats
7 million working age are registered disabled
Of those only 45% in work (cf 80% of overall population)
11 million below digital skills threshold
Accessible to Whom
Customers Clients Students Employees Developers Designers Elders
Simple A11y Checks
Correct tab sequence Zoom text Captions on videos Alternate text for pictures Accessible PDFs Fast Flashing Check Contrast
Education
Digital Accessibility MOOC BCS Digital Accessibility -Web Essentials First Seven Steps to accessible websites First Seven Steps to accessible mobile
apps
Useful Organisations
BCS Digital Accessibility SG Business Disability Forum AbilityNet Open Inclusion AXSChat
Useful Links
Cambridge University Inclusive Design Toolkit
Colour blindness Test Understanding WCAG 2 Webaim WAVE BS 8878: 2010 - Web accessibility code of
practice
Inclusive
Thinking about accessibility Creates accessible systems Creates more usable systems Essential for some Better for all
Questions
Thank you Questions